Arsenal have opened up a four point lead at the top of the Premier League thanks to Liverpool’s win over Manchester City.
Bukayo Saka
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The Gunners handed Leeds United their first home loss of the season with a frantic 1-0 victory at Elland Road, while Liverpool beat City 1-0 at Anfield.
In a match that was suspended for 38 minutes shortly after kickoff due to a power cut at the stadium, Arsenal were under intense pressure from an energetic Leeds side who pressed hard in a frenetic first half.
Bukayo Saka opened the scoring for Arsenal against the run of play in the 35th minute when he latched on to Martin Odegaard’s through-ball to smash his shot over keeper Illan Meslier’s head from a narrow angle.
Arsenal failed to produce anything of note in the second half but did enough to stop the waves of Leeds attacks and take all three points. Leeds are 15th in the table.
A superb second-half goal from Mohamed Salah earned Liverpool a 1-0 victory over Manchester City as the champions lost their unbeaten start to the Premier League season in a heated thriller that saw home coach Juergen Klopp red-carded.
After an opening period that failed to live up to the game’s blockbuster billing, the second half began at a ferocious pace, with Egypt international Salah denied by a superb save from City goalkeeper Ederson moments after the break.
City then thought they had taken the lead through Phil Foden in the 53rd minute, sparking wild celebrations on the City bench, only for it to be ruled out following a VAR review, Erling Haaland deemed to have fouled Fabinho in the build-up.
Liverpool made the most of their reprieve and kept coming at City, with the pressure eventually paying off as Salah raced clear after a mistake from Joao Cancelo to fire what proved to be the winner 14 minutes from time.
Liverpool held on for just their third league win of the season to move up to eighth in the standings on 13 points, 10 behind second-placed City.
Mo Salah
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Graham Potter’s impressive start as Chelsea manager continued as Mason Mount’s double gave his side a 2-0 victory at struggling Aston Villa.
Chelsea are unbeaten in six games since Potter replaced Thomas Tuchel at Stamford Bridge and the win at Villa was their fifth in a row in all competitions.
Victory left Chelsea in fourth place with 19 points from nine games, Villa are 16th, one point above the relegation zone.
Manchester United and an unusually goal-shy Cristiano Ronaldo were unable to find a way past Newcastle United at Old Trafford in the Premier League on Sunday in a 0-0 draw that kept both teams in the top six.
Ronaldo has only scored twice this season for Manchester United, with some pundits already declaring the twilight of his brilliant career.
The result left Manchester United fifth on 16 points, with Newcastle sixth on 15 points with one more game played.
Declan Rice drilled home a curling effort from outside the penalty area to secure West Ham United a point in a 1-1 draw at Southampton.
The draw ended a run of four successive defeats for Southampton but the point and performance did little to ease the pressure on beleaguered manager Ralph Hasenhuttl.
They remained in the bottom three on eight points while West Ham moved up to 11th position with 11 points from their opening 10 games of the season.
-Reuters
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